On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 16:40:12 GMT, Phisherman wrote:

I bought a small scraggly clematis plant from Lowe, marked down to 25
cents. I prepared a $10 hole for the plant, a homemade trellis and
kept it watered. Not much happened the following year, but now it
covered the entire 10-foot trellis and is covered with blooms. I
found it is much better to buy a small plant rather than a large one,
if yo ucan find a small one.

I fully agree. The plant adapts much faster and will be a lot happier in the
long run. We have that great Lowes section of 25 cent plants here, too. I go
crazy. Just because things aren't in flower, they mark it down. Just when I
thought I wouldn't and promised I wouldn't buy another plant this year if I
could just have the skylight, I bought more. Skylight pending!